That is why this day was chosen as the day the Mid Autumn Festival would be celebrated every year in Vietnam. One final interesting fact about this festival: In Southeast Asia on the 15th day of August lunar month the orbit of the moon is at the lowest angle to the horizon, making the moon apper brighter and larger than at any other time of the year.
Every year, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, children light lanterns and participate in a procession to show Cuội's wife the way back to Earth. Transcript: Tết Trung Thu Every year, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, children light lanterns and participate in a procession to show Cuội's wife the way back to Earth. In some cultures they hang different shaped lanterns and watch the moon and drink with friends and family. Fiona Burke-Scovill Many people just call this festival the "Fifteenth of the Eighth Moon." Though it is called many other names this is the main name that it is called. When it happens! Reasons! The mid-autumn festival usually takes place between the second week of September and the second week of October. Both of these holidays are important to the countries. It's when people celebrate the harvest, family reunion and friendship. is Thanksgiving, when people think of their family. The equivalence to the chinese mid-autumn festival in the U.S.
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So every full moon her husband would put all of her favorite foods out to tell her how much he missed her. One of them is about a woman named Chang'e who ascended to the moon after drinking an elixir so that an evil man named Fengmeng, but she had a husband named Houyi. There are many legends for why people celebrate this festival. People celebrate this amazing festival for the harvests of the year and for wishes of family reunion and friends. Now people will look up at the full moon, drinking wine and thinking of those theyhold dear. In the southern song dynasty they sent round moon cakes to relatives in an expression of their wishes of family reunion.
Transcript: Ancient and New! In ancient times there were many ways to celebrate the mid-autumn festival. The traditional flavors Egg yolk Jujube paste Fiver Kernal Sweet bean paste Lotus seed paste Modern Flavors: Ice Cream Fruit and Vegetables Seafood Coconut Milk Naliang Health food Tea Since moon cakes are on of the most popular foods during the mid-autumn festival it comes in many flavors. Then Wu Kang was given the books of immortality to study. But after a short while Wu Kang was not interested any more. So the immortal decided to teach him chess. First the immortal taught him about the herbs used to cure sickness, but after three days his characteristic restlessness returned and he asked the immortal to teach him something else. Though Wu Kang chopped day and night, the magical tree restored itself with each blow, and thus he is up there chopping still. Angered with Wu Kang's impatience, the master banished Wu Kang to the Moon Palace telling him that he must cut down a huge cassia tree before he could return to earth. Of course, Wu Kang became bored within a few days, and asked if they could travel to some new and exciting place. They managed to hide secret messages inside the cakes which organised the rebellion and overthrow of the government its collapse led to the Ming Dynasty. It is said that they conveniently used the Mid-Autumn Festival timing to seek permission to distribute moon cakes, which (conveniently) the Mongols did not eat. It changes every year depending on the moon calender Special family reunion dinner Lighting lanterns in parks Going out to festivals Lighting lanterns and placing them in rivers to send messages to family members who have passed away or distance family members Fire Dragon Dancers Match Making Legend has it that during the Yuan Dynasty moon cakes were used by the Chinese to plan a rebellion against the Mongol government. The date is of the mid-autumn festival this year is the 30th of September. míngyuè jishí you Bright moon, when was your birth? ba jiu wèn qingtian Winecup in hand, I ask the deep blue sky.
The Legend The Date of the festival Story of the Mooncakes Moon Cakes ju tóu wàng míngyuè I gaze up towards the sky di tóu si gùxing And downwards look when a nostalgia does arise. Wu Kang then went to live in the mountains where he importuned an immortal to teach him. One day he decided that he wanted to be an immortal. Transcript: Mid Autumn Festival Poems By Anny Kim Celebration Wu Kang was a shiftless fellow who changed apprenticeships all the time.
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